3929246 The Loyal Little Drummer, from History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett\'s Insurrection in 1803 by W.H. Maxwell. Published in London 1854 by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); (add.info.: The Loyal Little Drummer?? Illustration by George Cruikshank. During the 1798 Irish Rebellion a captured 12 years old British drummer boy was ordered by insurgents to beat his drum for them. He refused and was murdered. From History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett\'s Insurrection in 1803 by W.H. Maxwell. Published in London 1854.).